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Our Country's First Butterfly Park The beauty of a colorful butterfly knows no bound! It is always a feast for the eyes whenever one looks at the colored wings of this wonderful insect! The colors of its wing will not only captivate us instantly but will also make us wonder where from this tiny insect could get such colorful wings? Could any of my reader help me to find the answer? We have turned the city where I now reside into a concrete jungle! Butterflies have disappeared from here since long. This insect, having such a colorful wing, can now be found very rarely here. If one is lucky, and if one has a roof top garden, one may come across such an eye catching insect moving from his or her flower to flower occasionally! But the people of our port city, Chittagong, thought differently! They can now invite us to visit their butterfly park with pride! The park is not a big one though. It has been established in a compound of over six acres of land, and was opened in the year 2012. Visitors may find several hundred of butterflies of 11 different species here now among estimated 400 species available in this country,. They can now watch butterflies hovering over flowers, feeding on nectar, flitting from flower to flower. The park has a museum for dead butterflies too. The Park has a live butterfly –zone in addition to a breeding center! Source: The Daily Star and Butterfly Park at Chittagong.           |
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Now, what was the big idea behind quoting this story, dear friend? Yes, a butterfly can also dream when you can dream. Why not? Let me quote few lines from the same source you picked up the story! Quote......Dreams arise out of nothing and they look so real.They look so authentically real, but when your eyes open in the morning you can not find them any where...........Unquote. Have a pleasant time always.
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What a great idea the Butterfly Park - all can now enjoy the beautiful creature in natural surroundings. Thank you look. I found some information regarding the origin of their colourful wings; fascinating, I hope it helps. 'Butterflies possess some of the most striking color displays found in nature. As they fly from flower to flower gathering nectar, their brightly colored wings seem to shimmer and change colors before your eyes. A butterfly’s rich color can act as camouflage, mate attraction, and warning signal. But what is it that makes the bright colors of butterfly wings appear to dance? How can they possess such intense colors? Butterflies get their colors from two different sources: ordinary color and structural color. The ordinary color comes from normal chemicals that absorb certain wavelengths of light and reflect others. For example, chlorophyll colors plants green. The chlorophyll soaks up the blue and red colors of the spectrum, but not the green, which you see when it bounces back to your eye. Most butterflies get their different shades of brown and yellow from melanin. Melanin is what makes you tan in summer and gives some people freckles. The structural color of butterflies is where things get interesting. This type of color is from the specific structure of the butterflies’ wings. The color can shift as you, the observer, moves. This effect is known as iridescence. Mother of pearl seashells, fish, and peacocks are just a few examples of animals that have iridescence. You can also see it in soap bubbles. It happens when light passes through a transparent, multilayered surface and is reflected more than once. The multiple reflections intensify the colors. Butterfly wings, however, are unique. Their wings increase the effects of iridescence because they have many more layers for the light to pass through. This means that there are many more opportunities for the light waves to reflect and magnify each other. As small as they are, butterfly wings are covered by thousands of microscopic scales, split into two to three layers. Each scale has multiple layers separated by air. When light hits the different layers of the butterfly wing, it is reflected numerous times. The combination of all these reflections causes the very intense colors that you see in many species. The combination of a butterfly’s structural and pigmented color can create interesting effects. For example, if you saw a butterfly with yellow color underneath a structure that creates a blue iridescent color, you might see green, made by the combination of the two colors. You might also see blue, yellow, green or a combination of the three as the butterfly moves its wings.'
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Mary Ann. Thanks for liking the blog! There was a time when I could see the sky through my windows but no more!! The movers and shakers have effectively closed the view now! You are very lucky. You can still welcome the butterflies and moths from time to time! But for me, it is a day dream! Take care and God be with you always!
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Really beautiful, I love butterflies they are so colourful and delicate 
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What a great idea the Butterfly Park - all can now enjoy the beautiful creature in natural surroundings. Thank you look. I found some information regarding the origin of their colourful wings; fascinating, I hope it helps. 'Butterflies possess some of the most striking color displays found in nature. As they fly from flower to flower gathering nectar, their brightly colored wings seem to shimmer and change colors before your eyes. A butterfly’s rich color can act as camouflage, mate attraction, and warning signal. But what is it that makes the bright colors of butterfly wings appear to dance? How can they possess such intense colors? Butterflies get their colors from two different sources: ordinary color and structural color. The ordinary color comes from normal chemicals that absorb certain wavelengths of light and reflect others. For example, chlorophyll colors plants green. The chlorophyll soaks up the blue and red colors of the spectrum, but not the green, which you see when it bounces back to your eye. Most butterflies get their different shades of brown and yellow from melanin. Melanin is what makes you tan in summer and gives some people freckles. The structural color of butterflies is where things get interesting. This type of color is from the specific structure of the butterflies’ wings. The color can shift as you, the observer, moves. This effect is known as iridescence. Mother of pearl seashells, fish, and peacocks are just a few examples of animals that have iridescence. You can also see it in soap bubbles. It happens when light passes through a transparent, multilayered surface and is reflected more than once. The multiple reflections intensify the colors. Butterfly wings, however, are unique. Their wings increase the effects of iridescence because they have many more layers for the light to pass through. This means that there are many more opportunities for the light waves to reflect and magnify each other. As small as they are, butterfly wings are covered by thousands of microscopic scales, split into two to three layers. Each scale has multiple layers separated by air. When light hits the different layers of the butterfly wing, it is reflected numerous times. The combination of all these reflections causes the very intense colors that you see in many species. The combination of a butterfly’s structural and pigmented color can create interesting effects. For example, if you saw a butterfly with yellow color underneath a structure that creates a blue iridescent color, you might see green, made by the combination of the two colors. You might also see blue, yellow, green or a combination of the three as the butterfly moves its wings.' Thank you so much for providing detailed information about the origin of the colorful wings of butterflies. You have taken much of your valuable time to locate the information for us to read and understand the entire color display of a butterfly's wings and also their uniqueness! The information that you have provided have no doubt enriched my blog to a great extent! Thanks again for that, Ilium! Hope that you are keeping well. Best wishes. Have a wonderful time always
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Aloha Friends. Thanks for stopping by my blog once again. . Hope to read from you in future too. Meantime , stay happy and cheerful! Best wishes
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Really beautiful, I love butterflies they are so colourful and delicate Thank you so much for appreciating the blog and its contents! Needless to mention that I always like to read from you here. Wishing you best of everything, Take care and stay well.
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